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type: "Bill"
title: "Transit districts: contracts."
description: "Existing law creates the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law creates the San Mateo County Transit District with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of San Mateo. Existing law authorizes the authority and the district to enter into contracts, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 797"
citation: "California AB 797 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transit districts: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/464448ee-3109-4704-a49c-84a16ac598b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB797"
source_hash: "75a02f1e0661d8af37151afee59a915adddc6b12bf9d4c0811208d5c5da4ef93"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 797 (20132014) — Transit districts: contracts.
Existing law creates the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law creates the San Mateo County Transit District with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of San Mateo. Existing law authorizes the authority and the district to enter into contracts, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB797&version=20130AB79799INT)
2. **04/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB797&version=20130AB79798AMD)
3. **09/20/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB797&version=20130AB79796CHP)
4. **AB797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB797)
5. **08/28/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB797&version=20130AB79797ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB797 Gordon By Beall — **371** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **110** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **124** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 797 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **5322** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gordon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 1381.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1990.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 320, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/464448ee-3109-4704-a49c-84a16ac598b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).